It is becoming increasingly clear to me that Poch has a bit of a quirky personality.
- saying he would leave if we had won the CL.
- all this business about lemons in his office absorbing negative energy.
- regularly casting doubt on his future with the club with cryptic comments at press conferences.
All of these qualities have no doubt contributed to him being an excellent manager for us, but a part of me feels that he now needs to reign it in a bit, before it becomes a problem and he becomes a caricature of himself and it has a negative impact on the team.
Let's start the season on the front foot and talk positively about our club and its future and leave all talk about leaving/not leaving away from the public arena.....particularly as we're trying to get key players to sign for us (or renew contracts).
Your views please!
Poch: "I May have left if we won CL"
posted on 19/7/19
comment by morespurs (U15748)
posted 39 minutes ago
Nothing but the truth from Poch👍
Getting us to CL when the stadium is ready was his remit. So we’d win it, practically he’s achieved everything and would be leaving on a high,best way to leave. The next manager would be then pushing the club for a title. That’s even if that’s attainable with City being the best side in the league by a country mile.
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One point is a country mile is it?
posted on 19/7/19
Because if that’s the case Spurs finished a whole 26 country miles behind Liverpool last season!
posted on 19/7/19
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comment by morespurs (U15748)
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Nothing but the truth from Poch👍
Getting us to CL when the stadium is ready was his remit. So we’d win it, practically he’s achieved everything and would be leaving on a high,best way to leave. The next manager would be then pushing the club for a title. That’s even if that’s attainable with City being the best side in the league by a country mile.
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i can see what you're doing here with your fishing rod
can you really be aaarrrsed?
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he does try
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Seems like it's worked though.
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Looks like I caught a bin dipper too!
😂😂
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Yeah laughing at you
posted on 19/7/19
Thing is, he said he may leave if Spurs won the CL before the 2nd leg against Ajax. I believe he thought he was safe as he didn't expect to progress beyond Ajax.
A few days later he allegedly said he may leave if Spurs lost to Liverpool.
Strange comment to make. Suggested he may leave whether Spurs won or lost.
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/09/mauricio-pochettino-says-leave-tottenham-even-lose-champions-league-final-liverpool-9473961
posted on 19/7/19
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Said earlier, he said just one of these Latin types that wears his heart on his sleeve and gets a bit emotional at times and believes in a bit of mumbo jumbo. Sometimes he’s too open and honest and it leaves him open to ridicule from cynics. You only learn about these things from behind the scenes docs or interviews, in his day to day and on matchdays he’s very composed, win or lose, 99% of the time he’s the consummate pro.
But I also think he has another side to him; a very steely, hard and driven personality. He obviously believes deeply in collective unity, the whole being greater than the sum of its parts and he has always been extremely ruthless in ensuring that the collectivity is never disrupted at Spurs. For all his quirks he is not a man to cross.
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I get the impression the quirky parts of his personality have shades of Bielsa and his emotional characteristics seem to be more rooted to Griffa’s influence on his passion for the game.
posted on 19/7/19
Poch's a smart bloke, and I doubt he'd be insisting on this line without an ulterior motive.
Even if he was simply responding to a journo's probing on the topic, he could easily just bat the question away saying those statements are a thing of the past and not something worth dwelling on now.
posted on 19/7/19
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posted on 19/7/19
comment by wearethefamousTHFC (U19211)
posted 46 minutes ago
Anyone whos happy we lost and hes stayed is a moron
We could of all fking retired had we won ......... i would of folded up my spurs shirts, put them in the loft and gone off to support womens netball
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Agreed, winning the CL was and is far more important than keeping any manager at the club.
posted on 19/7/19
comment by Brother (U20548)
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comment by wearethefamousTHFC (U19211)
posted 46 minutes ago
Anyone whos happy we lost and hes stayed is a moron
We could of all fking retired had we won ......... i would of folded up my spurs shirts, put them in the loft and gone off to support womens netball
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Agreed, winning the CL was and is far more important than keeping any manager at the club.
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I think you (and Weare) are missing the point. Or at least missing my point!
I have no real problem with what he said about leaving if we won, leading up to (or immediately after) the final. But we're in pre-season now. I see no value (or point) in going over all of that again. He should just deflect any questions on it from journos, and move on.
posted on 19/7/19
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 13 hours, 58 minutes ago
He obviously didn't want to leave because by leaving out Moura at the expense of a half fit Kane or hopelessly out of form Son we were never going to win it.
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Took the words right out my mouth!